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EVERETT POLICE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION <br />PAGE 16 <br />ARTICLE 10 - ASSOCIATION LEAVE <br /> <br />10.1 City Leave Bank for Association Business. <br /> <br />10.1.1 The City agrees to allow up to 100 working hours with pay each calendar year for <br />Association officials or duly appointed representatives to conduct matters that directly <br />involve the administration of the Agreement. Examples of activities include labor <br />management meetings, the processing and adjustment of grievances, and negotiations <br />regarding changes to the existing Agreement, adjustments in working rules and/or <br />resolutions of new problems. Pay for individuals using city union official's time off will be <br />calculated at straight time. <br /> <br />10.1.2 Attendance by individual officers at meetings by the express request of the City will not <br />be counted toward the allowable 100 hours, but will be paid as regular work hours if the <br />officer is on duty. <br /> <br />10.1.3 Up to three (3) members of the Association will be released, if working, for all meetings <br />between the Association and City for the purpose of negotiating the terms of the contract. <br />The three (3) members will not have to charge against a bank. Any additional team <br />members, if working, would charge against the Association bank. All release time must <br />be in compliance with 10.3.1. <br />10.2 Association Leave <br /> <br />10.2.1 The City also agrees to allow Union officials or duly appointed representatives to attend <br />union labor conferences or union business not related to the administration of the <br />Collective Bargaining Agreement without pay but with full benefits. Time off for union <br />labor conferences or Union business not related to the administration of the Collective <br />Bargaining Agreement shall not exceed three days for a single function. <br /> <br />Examples of union business not related to the administration of the Collective Bargaining <br />Agreement include labor-related conferences, training related to union business and <br />attendance at union functions/events. WACOPS functions must be approved by Chief or <br />designee, or leave will be subject to this article. <br />10.3 Leave Request <br /> <br />10.3.1 Association leave with or without pay will be granted if: <br /> <br />A. The City is able to properly staff the employee's job duties during the time off; <br /> <br />B. The wage cost to the City is no greater than the cost that would have been incurred <br />had the EPMA officer not taken time off; and <br /> <br />C. The request for time off is made in writing to the Chief of Police, and approved by <br />the EPMA President, or his/her designee at least five (5) working days prior to the <br />requested time off. Provided, however, for emergent situations related to the <br />administration of the Collective Bargaining Agreement for which it is not possible <br />to provide 5 working days' notice, the EPMA shall provide the required notice as